hg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> or in other words, put this at the top of your file (where "utf-8" is >> whatever your editor/system is using): >> >> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- >> >> and use >> >> u'<text>' >> >> for all non-ASCII literals. >> >> </F> >> > > Hi, > > The problem is that: > > # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- > import string > print len('a') > print len('à') > > returns 1 then 2
And if you do what was suggested and write: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import string print len(u'a') print len(u'à') then you get: 1 1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list